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(New York Times) – The A.K.C. is increasingly finding itself ostracized in the dog world, in the cross hairs of animal protection services, law enforcement agencies and lawmakers who say that the club is lax in performing inspections and that it often lobbies against basic…

NEW YORK (CBS New York) — The ongoing partial government shutdown has meant a halt in inspections for puppy mills and pet dealers, and animal welfare advocates warn this means animals could be put in danger. Last week, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals…

Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it will expand its enforcement of the 1966 Animal Welfare Act to include breeders that sell pets online. THE PROBLEM OF UNLICENSED PUPPY MILLS Currently the United States Department of Agriculture does not license or inspect large-scale puppy…

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Today’s Puppy Mill

Puppy millers are increasingly relying on Internet sales to hide the true nature of their business. Thousands of puppies are sold each year through Internet classified ads or direct website sales.

Some puppy mill puppies are sold to pet shops—usually through a broker, or middleman—and marketed as young as eight weeks of age. The lineage records of puppy mill dogs are often falsified.

There is no consensus on what constitutes a puppy mill. In general, officials refer to puppy mills as operations geared more toward generating profits from the sale of dogs rather than animal welfare, and where dogs may live in substandard conditions.